Are you too tired to exercise, play with the kids, go out on Friday night? Is the constant fatigue taking the joy out of your life? You are not alone. Fatigue or lack of energy is the #1 complaint heard in doctors’ offices. So what is the answer? Drink more coffee, go hard core with Red Bull [...]
More and more young people are pursuing educations in natural healing, and at the top of the list is the Doctor of Chiropractic degree, the D.C. With this four-year professional course of post-graduate study, chiropractors can start or buy a private practice, associate with an established practice, or fulfill any number of different professional opportunities, like teaching, [...]
This is not an invitation for a joke or a complaint about what you can’t remember. I am wondering if you know how much stress your brain really is under these days. Our brains are under attack. Computer use, cell phone use, traffic, multi-tasking are all serious stressors. This may be why you can’t remember why you [...]
Recently there were some horrible pictures circulating of a man and woman who had overdosed in their car in Liverpool, Ohio. In the back seat their 4 year old child sat witnessing the horror (the child was taken into custody). The police said they had decided to make the images public "to show the other side of this horrible drug". [...]
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that kids will learn better in school if they have proper nutrition. But what does that mean, and how can we support our children in developing a diet that helps them to perform at their best? You’ve probably heard it said that food is both our best medicine and [...]
Our Patient Appreciation Day was a great success! We partnered with Local Matters, a Columbus organization that is building healthy communities by transforming the food system through education and increased access to healthful, affordable and sustainable food, while inspiring individuals to consider the role of food in their lives. It began with a yoga class that all the [...]
Today’s paper had two articles on community gardens in urban areas. Their goal is to involve the neighborhoods to grow healthy food for little cost and create a sense of community. What a fabulous idea! Local Matters has a project incorporates wellness, prevention of serious health issues, raises self-esteem and creates a safer, healthier environment. This is a [...]
posture Every day we see patients who have poor posture – some are embarrassed, some are proud of how bad it has become, some are resigned and some are guilty – must be the ones who had the nuns or yoga instructors scolding them. Good posture is vitally important and here are just a few reasons: [...]
“Wellness” – there’s a word thrown around by everybody from pharmaceutical companies to hospitals to insurance companies to drug stores. Well… most of those entities’ profits depend on you getting sick and staying sick. I contend they know nothing about real wellness. Their business is to let you get sick, detect the illness early (which is usually [...]
I love our garden and going to the farmer’s markets – one of my favorite parts of summer. Growing your own food or buying from chemical free local farmers is our best choice. Second best is buying organic as often as possible. The most important food to buy organic are your meats, poultry and dairy. Non-organic are [...]
